AI: Google admits Gemini AI was tuned to produce nonsense
How many other things have they tuned?
AI runs off the rails, threatens users
ChatGPT ‘off the rails’ as AI starts ‘threatening users’ who worry chatbot is ‘sentient’ – Daily Star Beginning spouting nonsense and telling users that “AI is in the room” with…
AI continues to skew results
I repeated my previous experiment of asking Microsoft Copilot to draw images of airline pilots, and then college students. See the results. AI biased much?
Software: “Learn to Code” is so last year, CS degrees might no longer be in demand
AI code generators may replace a lot of software developers. In theory.
Automation: Google may lay off thousands due to new AI
Rumors that Google will soon lay off thousands of workers in their ad business, since AI can do it better and costs less.
Software: Next major new version of Windows will have many AI features
Next version of Windows to add a lot of AI features, say reports.
Smartphones: Google to end cloud storage of location data
Google to end cloud storage of phone location data and store it only on the phone device itself. Thus, no longer accessible to police dragnets.
AI, Media: Microsoft Start News is AI generated crap
MSFT Start, Yahoo News, etc, have degenerated into AI and content mill generated crap designed to sell eye balls to advertisers.
Software: Microsoft acquires Activision
Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision has closed, after passing regulatory approvals. Microsoft closes Activision Blizzard deal after regulatory review (cnbc.com)
Software: Developer of Powerpoint passes away
The creator of the original Powerpoint product has passed away, plus a whole bunch of software history.